The new Molly winner for the month of July has been determined: give 'Tis Himself hearty congratulations and many backslaps. Now we need to figure out who the hot commenter for the month of August was — leave your suggestions in the comments.
Now some terrifying news: I'm supposed to talk with a publisher next week, which of course has me staring fixedly at text and seeing all the huge and awful flaws in it. I'm going to be frantically polishing all weekend, so you may not see much of me for a while.
I'm thinking if I go through everything carefully and dot all my 'i's with smiley faces*, and put it all in a shiny clear plastic cover, it'll look much more impressive.
*Wait…would dotting them with hearts be better? Oh, decisions, decisions.
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Take a look at this video (click on the image to play). It's pretty clear what's going on -- the green dot bumps into the red dot, causing it to move:
It is well known that humans and other animals can recognize biological motion when shown only a point-light display.
George has posted a last call for submissions for the next edition of the Teaching Carnival - all about Higher Ed, life in academia
A novel temporal illusion, in which the cause of an event is perceived to occur after the event itself, provides some insight into the brain mechanisms underlying conscious perception.